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Key facts

Medical condition.name

Mpox

Medical condition.image

Monkeypox.jpg

Medical condition.caption

Mpox rash on arm and leg of a four-year-old girl in 1971

Medical condition.alt

A rash caused by mpox

Medical condition.caption2

Video summary of Mpox

Medical condition.pronounce

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Medical condition.field

Infectious disease

Medical condition.symptoms

Rash, fever, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, muscle aches, sore throat

Medical condition.complications

Secondary infections, pneumonia, sepsis, encephalitis, loss of vision with severe eye infection

Medical condition.onset

3–17 days post exposure

Medical condition.duration

2 to 4 weeks

Medical condition.types

CladeI, CladeII; subclades Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb

Medical condition.causes

Monkeypox virus

Medical condition.diagnosis

Testing for viral DNA

Medical condition.differential

Chickenpox, smallpox

Medical condition.prevention

Smallpox & mpox vaccine, hand washing, covering rash, PPE, social distancing

Medical condition.treatment

Supportive

Medical condition.medication

Tecovirimat, antivirals

via Wikipedia infobox

• Mpox (formerly monkeypox): pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment.ReviewSignal transduction and targeted therapy · 2023Lu J, Xing H, Wang C et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41392-023-01675-2
• Mpox: Global epidemic situation and countermeasures.ReviewVirulence · 2025Hou W, Wu N, Liu Y et al.DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2025.2457958
• Mpox diagnostics: Review of current and emerging technologies.ReviewJournal of medical virology · 2023Lim CK, Roberts J, Moso M et al.DOI: 10.1002/jmv.28429
• Mpox: disease manifestations and therapeutic development.ReviewJournal of virology · 2025Wang Y, Wang X, Doğan T et al.DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00152-25
• Mpox.Pediatric emergency care · 2023Jafari K, Woodward GADOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003063
• Mpox and HIV-Collision of Two Diseases.ReviewCurrent HIV/AIDS reports · 2023Zucker J, Hazra A, Titanji BKDOI: 10.1007/s11904-023-00682-w
• Mpox and HIV: a Narrative Review.ReviewCurrent HIV/AIDS reports · 2023Saldana CS, Kelley CF, Aldred BM et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11904-023-00661-1
• Mpox diagnosis at POC.ReviewTrends in biotechnology · 2025Yigci D, Ergönül Ö, Tasoglu SDOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.04.015

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

notifiable disease

Subclass of

disease

Image

Monkeypox.jpg

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